Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44796, Benjamin Doughty, Mass

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Mass Doughty, Benjamin
S. 44796
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Maine 27.527
Heirs of Benjamin Doughty of un certain the State of Maine who was a pirate in the 60 by Captain Sithgens of the Re by Ed Mitchell in the ship line for and other corps 18 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 60 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. Scandal 12 April 1833
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of July 1834 and sent Ebenezer Everett, Brunswick Me.
Arrears to the 4th of Semi-annual allowance ending $126.20
Revolutionary Claim. Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Ed Clerk Book E Vol. 1 Page 12
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Application of Benj. Doughty 10.295 1

State of Maine County of Cumberland ss. 3 On this 29th day of August A.D. 1832 before me John Ruggles, one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas, for said State, being a Court of Record. personally appeared Benjamin Doughty, who by reason of bodily infirmity and the decrepitude of old age, is unable to attend the Courts in said County; and who is
Benjamin Doughty resident in Brunswick in the County of Cumberland, aged nearly ninety two years, who being first duly sworn That according to law on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832. That in the beginning of the year 1776 he enlisted in the service of the State of Massachusetts and went to Portland and served under Capt. William Lithgow, Col. Mitchell's Regiment, Daniel Dole, Major for the term of nine months, the company was enlisted for twelve months, but the company was disbanded at the expiration of said nine months. In two or three weeks after from he was drafted for three months under Capt. William Stanwood of Brunswick, in the State Militia of Massachusetts, Col. Fogg's Regiment - was stationed with that company at Peekskill on North River and did duty there three months. At considerable time afterwards - perhaps a year or more, cannot be certain how long, he volunteered in the service of said State for the term of six months in a company commanded by Peter Coombs of Brunswick, Col. Wadsworth's Regiment - were stationed at Rhode Island for six months, where he did duty the whole of said time - was engaged with the enemy while he was under General Sullivan's Command, in which the Americans lost in killed & wounded between three and four hundred men - After the said six months service he returned to Brunswick, where and in the vicinity of which he has lived ever since. He further says he was born in Brunswick in the year of 1740 - that he knows of no record of his age - that he had only a verbal discharge but from who he does not remember - and that he is known to Philip Owen Esq., & David Hannes and most other respectable men in Brunswick.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency of any state.
his Benjamin Doughty
Subscribed and sworn to the day & year aforesaid
John Ruggles, Jus. C.C.P.
Mark

We Philip Owen Esq and Daniel McManus both residing in Brunswick in the State of Maine hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Benjamin Doughty who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; and that we believe him to be 92 years of age; that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in the opinion
Philip Owen
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year aforesaid.
Daniel his X McManus mark
J. Ruggles Jus. C.C.P.
And I the said Justice do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department, that the above named Applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And I further certify that it appears to me that Philip Owen and Daniel McManus, are resident in said Brunswick and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
John Ruggles Jus. C.C.P.
State of Maine. Cumberland County ss.
I William T. Vaughan, Clerk of the Court of said County do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Benjamin Doughty for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this third day of September A.D. 1832.
William T. Vaughan

State of Maine.
Cumberland County ss.
I William T. Vaughan, Clerk of the Courts of Cumberland County do certify that John Ruggles is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas having jurisdiction throughout the State, being a Court of Record, that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his, are his genuine signatures, and that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Benjamin Doughty for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this third day of September A. D. 1832. —
William T. Vaughan

I Ichabod Doughty of Brunswick in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine, Yeoman, aged seventy six years on oath declare, that in the month of February 1776 I enlisted in the service of the State of Massachusetts in the revolutionary war for the term of twelve months, and at the same time my brother Benjamin Doughty enlisted in the same company, which was commanded by Capt William Littlegow, in a Regiment commanded by Col. Mitchell; in the month of March 1776 my said brother Benjamin & I marched with our said Company to Portland, where the said Company was stationed & we remained doing duty at said Portland for the term of nine months, after which period the Company was disbanded & my brother & I returned to Brunswick. Immediately afterwards my said brother was drafted from said Town of Brunswick in the States service for the term of three months under Capt William Starnwood; I enlisted in the same Company as a Substitute. We were stationed for the said term of three months at Peekskill, near Fishkill in New York. We served together during that term & ate at the same mess. At the expiration of said term, we were both honorably discharged & returned to Brunswick. I have not served in company with my brother since, tho I subsequently served as much as six years, in the public service.
Some time afterwards whilst in the continental service I was stationed in Rhode Island under Genl Sullivan, after the Battle of Monmouth. I found my brother there in the Militia service in a company commanded by Peter Coombs of Brunswick. I then understood & had every reason to believe that my said Brother Benjamin Doughty was enlisted for the term of six months. I remained there in the continental service, whilst my brother was there in the Militia, as aforesaid, as much as five months, then my brother was discharged & went home & left me there.
My said Brother has ever since resided in Brunswick and in that vicinity & is now about ninety two years of age. He is infirm & considerably broken & now is supported by the Town of Brunswick.
Witness Philip Owen
Ichabod his X Doughty mark
Signed & sworn to the day and year aforesaid John Briggs Jus. C.C.P.

State of Maine
Cumberland ss Brunswick July 6. 1832. Then me within named Jehu Doughty, a person of fair reputation for truth and capacity, personally appeared & made oath for the truth of the within statement by him subscribed before Ebenezer Everett, Justice of the Peace.
I Philip Owen of Brunswick in the County of Cumberland, being aged 76 years in oath declare, that I did stay at Portland in the year 1776 in the company commanded by Capt William Stearns Litchgon, for a term of about nine months, as I went there some time in March & returned in November of the same year. The above mentioned Benjamin Doughty was in the same Company during that time and did duty with me, & as near as I can recollect & as I fully believe he went there before me. I was in the same Regiment with the said Benjamin at Beekskill and at least occasionally saw him there and according to the best of my knowledge and belief, the foregoing statement made by him in the presence of Judge Ruggles to which this is now annexed, is wholly true, as far as it relates to duty performed by the said Benjamin at Portland and at Beekskill. His service in Rhode Island and vicinity I had no means or opportunity to know, but I have lived near & known the said Benjamin ever since the war and have always understood, that he served there, as he has stated & never had any reason to doubt it.
Benjamin Doughty
Philip Owen
Signed & sworn to the day and year aforesaid
John Ruggles Jus. C.C.P.

State of Maine. Cumberland Is. }
The Hon. Barrett Potter, Judge of Probate for the said County of Cumberland, to all whom it may concern, makes known;
That it having been proved to the said Judge at a Court of Probate this day held, by the testi- mony of a disinterested and credible witness, under oath, that Benjamin Doughty, late of Brunswick in said County, formerly a Revolutionary Soldier and an Applicant for a pension under the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832, died at said Bruns- wick on the twelfth day of April 1833, or within two days of that date; that the deceased has left no Widow; that James Doughty of Durham in said County, Abie Thompson, wife of Daniel Thompson, and Mary Doughty, now Mary Hunt, the wife of William Hunt of said Brunswick, to whom she has been married since the decease of the said Benjamin, were at the decease of the said Benjamin, surviving child- ren and Heirs at Law of the said Benjamin; - that Itha- bod Doughty and Levi Doughty, sons of the said deceased, died about thirty years ago; that David Doughty, a son of the said Benjamin, deceased, was a seafaring man, and has not been heard of by his relatives for eleven years, excepting indi- ect rumours of his death; that Jedediah Doughty, a son of the said Benjamin, deceased, was a soldier in the last war with Great Britain, and has ever since been absent from his family and has not been heard from since Novem- ber 20, 1826, when a letter was written by some person un- known in his behalf to some of his friends at said Bruns- wick dated at Gosport in Upper Canada, the inquiries have since been duly made concerning him; that Benja-

in Doughty, Junior, a son of the said Benjamin first mentioned, was also a soldier in the last war with Great Britain and has not since been heard from by his relations; and that the said Benjamin Doughty, senior, the applicant for a pension, as aforesaid, had at no time any other children excepting those abovenamed; all which facts having been duly considered by the said Judge;
He the said Judge hereby certifies it, as his opinion upon the evidence produced as aforesaid, that, at the time of the decease of Benjamin Doughty first abovenamed, in April 1833, the abovenamed James Doughty, Hebe Thompson, wife of Daniel Thompson, and Mary Doughty, now Mary Hunt, having been since married to William Hunt, were the only surviving children of the said Benjamin Doughty, senior; and that he left no Widow.
In testimony whereof the said Barrett Potter, Judge of Probate, has caused his seal of Office to be affixed and subscribed his name, hereunto, this tenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty four.
Barrett Potter

Infidelity
James Doughty Pheobe Thompson Mary Hunt Children of Riley Doughty 18 mi private $60-
E Everett City Brunswick Maine

Brunswick, Maine, Nov 23. 1833.
J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir, In your letter of Sept 19. 1833 in reference to the application of the heirs of Benjamin Doughty (No 10,295) you remark "It is necessary that the Department should be informed whether Jedediah Doughty, father of Polly Bates was alive at the death of his father Benjamin. If he was not, she cannot be entitled to a share of the amount due at the time of the late claimants death, since, as the validity of his claim was not then recognized, Benjamin Doughty had no transmissible right to the benefits of the law of 7 June 1832."
I find on subsequent inquiry of members of the family, that the death of Jedediah Doughty is matter of legal presumption only. He has been absent from his family without making provision for them ever since about the close of the last war, at least 17 years, as I understand. The last intelligence received from or respecting him was by a letter dated from Buffalo Upper Canada dated November 20. 1826, which has been shown to me, in which he requests to be answered by a letter directed to John Douglass and forwarded to Detroit Post office. In this State seven years absence without information of the party is presumptive evidence of his death. If the same rule prevails in your department, the certificate for the whole amount might be granted to the other branches of the family. If further proof is required an affidavit can be procured from one of them, of

the foregoing facts. Should it be thought by you, that under these facts, the personal claim of Jedediah still exists in force, the parties would esteem it a privilege if their claims might be so severed in their stipulation from his, that they may receive their respective shares without any further process connected with his claim, as the amount due them is small and they are too indigent to incur additional expense.
Respectfully, your obed t Servant, Oliver Everett

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To J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
City of Washington
District of Columbia
Virginia
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Rev. J. Leigh Lee
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Priscilla Lee

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File No. 44796
Benjamin Doughty Pier in a Mass Brgt.
Act: 7 th June 1832
Index:—Vol. 3, Page 132
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1300 H Street
Washington
Mr John L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington Washington
District of Columbia.
Washington District of Columbia

Maine Brunswick, August 9. 1833.
To J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir, I return the application of Benjamin Doughty (No 10,295) with the defects in the evidence cured, as well as the circumstances would permit. The Applicant died in April last at the age of 92 years. It is hoped, that considering his age and infirmity, when he made his declaration, the defects in that will be overlooked, it being too late to supply them. I was present at his examination before the Justice, whose residence is about 50 miles from this place. The questions required by the office were put to him, but his memory was much weakened. His case offers strong evidence of the greater part of the service alleged, and as his claim cannot in future be a charge on the Treasury of the U.S. it is earnestly hoped by the neighbors of his family, now dependent on charity for support, that it will be allowed. The names of the family are specified in Deborah Doughty's last deposition and at their request I renew the application. Please direct the certificate to my care. Respectfully, your obed Servt Ebenezer D. D.

March 20. 1834
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To J. A. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City Dis. Columbia.

Brunswick, Maine. March 14. 1834
To Hon J. L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions,
Sir, Your favour of the 19 th September last was duly received, in which you make certain suggestions in regard to the applications for pensions of Benjamin Doughty (No 10.295) and of Samuel Woodward (No 10.298). I returned separate answers on the 23 d of November last, in which I endeavoured to conform to the object of your communication, as nearly as circumstances would permit. A considerable time has since elapsed, and I have been much pressed, by one of the parties particularly, whose necessities poorly qualify them to wait for the allowance, which they had anticipated from the Government.
I would beg the favour that you would inform me by return of mail (if the applications may not be immediately acted upon) whether my letters of Nov 23 d have been received & when we may expect answers, or whether any thing further is required on the part of the applicants.
Which will much oblige yours respectfully
Ebenezer D. D. Everett

To J. H. Richards Esq Commissioner of Pensions City of Washington Dist. Col. free  Service Heirs of B. Dougherty of Maine

Howe P. Doughty Maui

1 Brunswick Maine June 20. 1834.
Hon J. L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions,
Sir, Your favour of April last is before me, in which you state as follows, vizt
"From the facts set forth in your letter of the 23 d November last, relative to the heirs of Benjamin Doughty, it will be impossible to issue a certificate in favour of any of them until it shall be proved before the proper Court & certified under its seal, who were the heirs of the original claimants at the time of his decease."
The parties interested have with much pains caused an examination of the state of their family to be had before the Hon. Barrett Potter, Judge of the Court having jurisdiction of the settlement of estates of deceased persons for this County, who has put his hand & seal to the enclosed certificate drawn under his particular direction. Resuming this document will supply the deficiency mentioned in this case (No 10,295) I have to request you to forward the certificate of a pension, to me as soon as your convenience will permit. Very respectfully
Your obed Servant, Ebenezer Dyer
18.50 4.50 2.50 1.50 12.50 9.50 35.00 8.00 2.45 45.

I Ichabod Doughty of Brunswick in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine, Yeoman, aged 77 years - on oath declare that I am the same person who gave my testimony before the Honorable John Ruggles, Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for the State of Maine, in and of the application of my brother Benjamin Doughty for a pension on the 29th day of August 1832, and that the deposition which I then gave and which is hereto annexed is true according to the best of my knowledge & belief. I further testify that my said Brother Benjamin Doughty died at Brunswick on the 13th day of April last at the age of ninety two years, leaving no widow. His next of kin are one son James Doughty, who resides in Durham in the County of Cumberland, and two daughters, vizt Phebe wife of Daniel Thompson of said Brunswick & Mary Doughty, single woman, and one Grand child, vizt Dolly Estes wife of Isaac Estes, and daughter of Jehiah Doughty, deceased; who are all the descendants of the said Benjamin, who are now believed to be living. Another son David Doughty went to sea fourteen years ago & has not since been heard from. He further states that he never had any reason to believe that his brother was not regularly dismissed and discharged at each of his terms of service; and that his advanced age & infirmity prevented his stating the circumstances with so much precision as would have been desirable.
Witness Eben Everett.
Ichabod
his X mark -
Doughty
State of Maine Cumberland ss. } Brunswick August 1. 1833. Then the above named Ichabod Doughty to me known as a person of a good reputation for truth and veracity, appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration before Eben Everett, Justice of the Peace -
I Shimeal Owen, a Ploughman, residing in the Town of Brunswick in the County of Cumberland & State of Maine, hereby certify that I was well acquainted with Benjamin Doughty of said Brunswick who made the application for a pension, hereto annexed, and that he died 3 or 4 months ago, I think in April last and believe him to have been at the time of his death ninety two years of age; & he is reported and believed in the neighborhood where he resided to have been a soldier in the Revolution and I concur in that opinion. I further state that the above named Ichabod Doughty and Philip Owen & Daniel McManus, whose affidavits are attached to the said Benjamin's application, are persons of truth & veracity, and that I have known them as such, together with the said applicant for more than thirty years. Shimeal Owen
State of Maine Cumberland ss. } Brunswick August 3. 1833. Then the above named Revd Shimeal Owen, known to me as a person of truth and veracity personally appeared and was duly sworn to the truth of the foregoing declaration by him subscribed before Eben Everett Justice of the Peace -

State of Maine.
Cumberland County: ss.
I M c Om s Vaughan, Clerk of the courts of Cumberland County, certify, that Ebenezer Dorr is a Magistrate as within, and that the foregoing signa- tures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of said County, this fifth day of August in the year of our L o rd. 1836.
M c Om s Vaughan